Individual Details

John Richardson Plummer was a farmer, a lumberer, and a partner in one of the first furniture plants in Lexington, N.C. He was the son of Philemon Plummer and Elizabeth (Eliza) Finch.

John was killed in a train wreck in New Market, Tennessee on the way back from the St. Louis World's Fair. According to the Journal and Tribune , Knoxville, Tennessee: "The most fatal collison in the history of the Southern Railway occurred near New Market Saturday morning when fifty-six souls were hurled into eternity. . ." Ultimately, sixty-four people were killed in this tragedy. John Plummer's body was not immediately identified, as he was unquestionably killed instantly and his body quite damaged. His body was misidentified, and (so the family story goes), was identified by son Lindsay ("Doc") by his wedding ring. John Plummer was buried with Masonic honors at his home church in Randolph County, just down the road from his family farm.

Source: Find a Grave

Birth	20 Sep 1849	Davidson County, NC
Death	24 Sep 1904	Tn
Burial		Pleasant Grove United Methodist Chuch, Randolph County NC

Spouse	Julia Ann Hoover (1852 - 1925)
Child	Mary Eldora Plummer (1872 - 1964)
Child	Minnie L. Plummer (1873 - 1890)
Child	Kerney Philemon Plummer (1877 - 1950)
Child	Alson Lindsay Plummer (1881 - 1933)
Child	J. Roba Plummer (1884 - 1891)
Child	Sammie Plummer (1886 - 1887)
Child	Robert Clifford "Tip" Plummer (1892 - 1969)

Father	Philemon Plummer (1811 - 1868)
Mother	Elizabeth "Eliza" Finch (1810 - 1886)
Sibling	Samatha Jane Plummer (1835 - )
Sibling	Martha Ann Plummer (1838 - )
Sibling	Mary Ealine Plummer (1840 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Margaret Plummer (1844 - )
Sibling	Eliza Maranda Plummer (1846 - 1848)